Cracow 2019

Krakow - a guide!
Summer School of Mining Engineering

Krakow, Cracow – the scientific, administrative, financial and

economic centre of Southern Poland.

It is a city of over a hundred research and development

institutions, as well as 18 universities, all providing tuition for
about 200,000 students!
 Cracow - Kraków

• Former capital
• City rights in 1257
• 1 milion citizens
• 200 000 students
• 12 millions tourists p/y
• Centre of science, art and Warsaw
culture
• Over 20 Colleges and
Univesities.
Cracow
Arms of Cracow City
Accommodation - hostel Olimp;
common name – „DS-1”

hostel Olimp, address:

Rostafińskiego 9

The main square

gohttp://olimp-
to the online map
hostel.krakowhotels.net/en/

Main
square

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 Lectures

hostel Olimp, address:

Rostafińskiego 9

AGH, Building A4, room 401

go to the online
https://wgig.agh.edu.pl/ map

Lectures

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 Things to do on AGH Campus

Sports facilities and cultural-integration places

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 Orientation map

The map presents just the part of AGH campus. Please, go down and download and print
the map (recommended).

Download ORIENTATIOON MAP

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About the University

AGH University of Science and Technology continues the traditions of the Mining Academy established in
Kielce by Stanisław Staszic. AGH is one of the best and most renowned modern Polish universities. For many
years it has been ranked in the top of the list of institutions of higher education. AGH UST is a leading Polish
university in modern technologies, and belongs to a group of prestigious international educational centres.

(on foto-Main building A-0)

Go to the AGH website
 AGH UST – University Structure

• 18 Faculties
• 57 fields of study
• Over 200 specialisations
• total number of students: 33,455
• full-time students: 25,193
• part-time students: 5,069
• doctoral students: 990
• postgraduate students: 2,203
 Krakow sightseeing

A Must-See. The Guide.

 Krakow sightseeing – The Krakow Royal Route

The Royal Route begins by St Florian’s Church with the main entrance to the Old City – St Florian’s Gate (no 1).
Walking along Florianska we reach the Main Square – the largest public square of medieval Europe, dominated by
huge Gothic St Mary's Church (no 2). Every hour from its taller tower we can hear a trumpeter playing the famous
Krakow bugle-call. Inside the church we can admire its greatest highlight of Wit Stwosz (no 3) – the largest Gothic
altar in Europe. Opposite to the temple the Momument to romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz (no 4) is situated. In the
centre of the Main Square there is the Sukiennice (no 5) – a rare example of a medieval structure that has for centuries
served as a commercial centre.
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 Krakow sightseeing – The Krakow Royal Route

Leaving the Main Square by Grodzka Street, we pass the tiny

Church of St Adalbert (no 1) – the first church founded in
Krakow.
Running parallel to Grodzka, Kanonicza Street is a charming
street lined with recently renovated palaces and residences. Both
Grodzka and Kanonicza lead to the foot of Wawel, the religious,
spiritual and patriotic heart of Poland. Royal Castle (no 2) is the
seat of Poland’s kings for over 500 years and one of Europe’s
most splendid Renaissance royal residences.
 Krakow sightseeing - Jewish Heritage Route - The
District of Kazimierz in Krakow

Originally, Kazimierz, that got its name from its founder King Kazimierz Wielki (Kazimierz the Great), was an
independent town. At the turn of the 15th century it became the centre of two cultures: Christian and Jewish. Many
heritage buildings (especially sacral architecture) that bear testimony to the magnificence of these cultures can be
admired to this day. The Jewish Heritage Route begins at very lively Centre for Jewish Culture (in Meisels’s Street)
and leads toward the Jewish temples – in turn: the Tempel Synagogue (Miodowa Street), built in 1862 for the
Association of Progressive Israelites, Kupa Synagogue (Warszauer’s Street) and Isaac Synagogue (Jakuba Street) –
both from 17th century, and, last but not least, the High Synagogue (Jozef’s Street) from 1590, the tallest of Krakow
synagogues.
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 Krakow sightseeing - Jewish Heritage Route - The
District of Kazimierz in Krakow

For almost seven hundred years, Krakow was home to a large Jewish community. This was all but
extinguished during the II World War, yet the echoes of this world can still be felt across the city. Kazimierz
now has a Jewish cultural center, several Jewish style restaurants with appropriate cooking and klezmer
music every evening. Every year in June there is a festival of Jewish culture when music fills the streets,
drawing a host of young Polish and international fans.
 Free walking tour

What FREE walking TOURs are?

FREE walking TOURs are designed especially for individual travelers and small groups of friends.
In the best interest of our visitors we aim to keep our groups relatively small. It is really worth in!

You can visit Cracow with professional guides for a small tip in your free time (suggestion is
10 PLN per person).
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 Tourist Attractions

Rynek Underground permanent exhibition

The underground route will exhibit a unique archaeological reserve with

remnants of early settlements, the huge cemetery and fragments of
Type: Museum buildings, remembering the times of the Krakow’s Great
Location: Old Town Accommodations in 1257. The discoveries of archaeologists, but also
discreetly used XXI century technology, multimedia installations and
fictionalized documents will transfer the visitors in time and space and
Address: Main Square illustrates the history of Krakow and Krakow's long tradition of
merchants.
http://mhk.pl/oddzialy/podziemia_rynku
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 Tourist Attractions

Botanical Garden
Open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ( in autumn till 5 p.m.);
Type: Have fun greenhouses open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (on Fridays greenhouses
Address: Kopernika 27 are closed). Krakow's Botanical Garden has a long tradition. It is
now the oldest garden of this type in Poland, as it was set up in
Specialization: Garden 1783, in the times of Enlightenment – time fostering the
Opening hours: 9 - 19 development of all science. Its location at 27 Kopernika street, a ten
minutes’ easy walk from the city center, is a best-kept secret of
Krakow's traffic-weary residents.
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 Tourist Attractions

Cracow Zoo
The Zoo is located on Jurassic plateau at 345 metres above sea
level, in the middle of the woodland park known as the Las
Type: Have fun Wolski or Park Miejski, which covers 500 hectares, 10
Specialization: Zoo kilometres to the west of Central Cracow. A magnificent
panorama view is to be had of the city and the picturesque
Address: Kasy Oszczednosci 14
surrounding Jurassic hills from the highest point in the Las
Opening hours: 9 - 19 Wolski, the Piłsudski Independence Mound.

You can reach Cracow Zoo by the number 134 bus, which runs
every 15 minutes from the Hotel Cracovia.
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 Tourist Attractions

Museum of Municipal Engineering

The Museum of Municipal Engineering was established on
Type: Have fun October 1, 1998 by the City of Krakow and received the
Specialization: Museum historic halls of the oldest tramway shed as its seat.
Street tramway shed architectural complex in the Krakow
Address: Wawrzyńca 15 landmark list, as no. A-680. Members of other technology-
Opening hours: 10-16 related institutions, such as the Transport Engineers and
Technicians Association or Public Transport Lovers Club,
were also involved in creating the new museum.
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 Tourist Attractions

Kosciuszko Mound
There are many reasons why, when scheduling your trip to
Krakow, you should consider visiting Kościuszko Mound and the
Type: Have fun surrounding Fort Kościuszko from the 19th century.
A monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko and a symbol of
Specialization: view point, fort Independence and struggle for Freedom. The Mound rewards its
Address: Al. Waszyngtona 1 visitors with one of the most beautiful vistas of Krakow, with
some of the Old City's most recognizable buildings in view: The
Wawel Castle, St. Mary's Church or the Cloth Hall. In Cracow
there is also Krakus Mound, Wanda Mound, Piłsudski Mound
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 Ojcow National Park near Krakow

Ojcow National Park is located in Southern Poland, 16 km

north of Krakow. The Park’s surface is built of Jurassic
limestone, formed approximately 150-180 million years ago.
Ojcow has two types of limestone – massy and platy. The
former is resistant to wind erosion and forms spectacular
mogotes and isolated rocks in valleys of varied shape, such
as Maczuga Herkulesa (Hercules’ Club).

PIESKOWA SKALA CASTLE

Tuesday-Thursday - from 09:00-15:15 (last entry)
Friday - free entry (only first floor of museum)
Saturday -Sunday - from 10:00-17:15 (last entry)
Monday and follow the a holiday days - inoperative.

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 Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour

Auschwitz and Birkenau - Death Camps in Oświecim City

At first, the Germans held Polish political prisoners in the camp. From the spring of 1942 Auschwitz
became the largest site for the murder of Jews brought here under the Nazi plan for their extermination.
More than 1,100,000 men, women, and children lost their lives here. In recognition of its historical
significance as a memorial to all who suffered and died there, the Museum was entered on the Unesco
World Heritage List.
Visiting
The preserved, authentic Memorial consists of two parts of the former concentration camp: Auschwitz I
and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. A guided visit makes it possible to understand this unique place more
fully.
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 Tatras Mountains

Alps-like Tatra Mountains, or the

Tatras (Polish Tatry), is the highest
range of the Carpathian Mountains
and lie along Poland’s border with
Slovakia. Two hour’s drive from
Krakow to Zakopane City one finds
stunning views and pristine nature as
well as the best skiing in winter and
hiking, rock climbing, cave
exploration, cycling, paragliding, etc.
through the rest of the year.

Timetable of the bus: https://en.e-

podroznik.pl/
 Worth to see

The Town of Zakopane

Visitors to the Tatras largely head for Zakopane, the biggest mountain resort in Poland. The town of 28,000
receives about three million holiday-makers a year. Due to its central location on the verge of both the High
Tatras and the Western Tatras, and its accessibility, Zakopane is the best gateway to the whole area. The town
also abounds in varied hotels, inns, and boarding-houses, restaurants and cafes, shops and art galleries, sport
facilities and nightclubs. Zakopane is a major center of winter sports (ski etc.) of all sorts.
 Worth to see

Morskie Oko Lake

The lake is entered through a small pass, and once inside, you are entirely surrounded by the mountains. It
is very much as if you are in a huge crater, and hence the name, the eye of the sea. The Wall Street Journal
recognized Morskie Oko
for one of the five most beautiful lakes in the world

Recommendation: one day trip to Morskie Oko Lake and Zakopane City. Start – early morning.
 Wieliczka Salt Mine

The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine is one of the most valuable monuments of material and spiritual culture in
Poland. Each year it is visited by more than one million tourists from all over the world.
It is also a world class monument, featuring among twelve objects on the UNESCO’s World Cultural and
Natural Heritage List.
Today, the “Wieliczka” Salt Mine combines many centuries of tradition and modernity, the history of
several hundred years and an underground metropolis with extensive infrastructure. The mine is a product
of work of tens of generations of miners, a monument to the history of Poland and to the Polish nation –
a brand, present in Polish consciousness for centuries. The Wieliczka Salt Mine located in the town of
Wieliczka, 10 km from Krakow City Center.
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 Krakow Weather

Average temperature in Krakow:

June: Poland's climate is influenced by a continental climate

from the east and a maritime climate from the west. As
Average high Average low the result the weather is changeable, with significant
30 15 differences from day to day.
Spring starts in March and is initially cold and windy,
later becoming pleasantly warm and often very sunny.

Attention : The sun exposure lasts approximately 10 hours per day.

You would need formal clothes. On the trips to The average annual rainfall in Krakow is around 60mm.
the mine do not need special clothing but the
only good shoes for walking on the ground.
 Public transport

Public transport consist of:

1. Bus
2. Tram

Check the timetable on:

https://jakdojade.pl/krakow/trasa/

Buy a ticket in the ticket maschine

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 Public transport

The name of Dormitory bus stop:

MIASTECZKO STUDENCKIE AGH

(bus no: 102, 114, 139, 159, 208, 173,
501, 511, 601)

CENTRAL STATION
(bus no: 208, 501, 511)

SHOPPING MALL
(Bonarka: bus no 173)
(Galeria Krakowska: bus no 208, 501, 511)
(Galeria Bronowice: 114, 501, 511)

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 Taxi

Wawel: 19666

Mega Taxi: 196 25

Icar: 12 653 55 55

Radio Taxi: 12 19 191

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 Money

• Poland’s national currency is zloty (PLN). One zloty equals 100

groszy.

• Banknotes come in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 zloty and
there are 1, 2 and 5 zloty, and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 groszy coins in
circulation.

• Foreign currency can be exchanged at the airport, banks and common

exchange offices (Polish name - kantor).

• Many hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, petrol stations and larger

shops accept American Express, MasterCard and Visa cards.
There are numerous cashpoints.

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 Polish cuisine

• A single main meal in the restaurants within the Old Town cost 20-70 PLN, a dessert about 8-12
PLN, a coffee – 5-10 PLN,. The price of a beer in a pub varies from PLN 6 to 12 .
• The majority of larger restaurants or pub accept credit cards.
• The pictures show the most popular dishes for Polish people

Kotlet Kiełbasa Żurek

Pierogi Bigos
 Electricity and telephones

ELECTRICITY
The electric current is 230 Volts AC, 50 Hertz. There are European two-pin plugs,
so for the 3-flat blades appliances (like in the British Isles), a plug adaptor is needed.

TELEPHONES
Country code: + 48. Mobile Phones: When calling from aboard, dial Poland’s
international code (48) followed mobile number dropping the initial 0. The easiest
way for foreigners to lay their hands on a mobile is to buy a “pay as you go”, non-
subscription phone card: Plus GSM, PLAY, Orange and T-Mobile. You can get Sim
Cards from any shop displaying Plus GSM, PLAY, Orange or T-Mobile logo or
sometimes buy in the store.
 Polish Language tips and useful phrases

Polish is the official language of Poland. It has the

second largest number of speakers among Slavic
languages after Russian. Polish is the main
representative of the Lechitic branch of the West
Slavic languages.
Polish language is awfully difficult to master,
however, learning a few key phrases will definitely
smooth your time in Krakow. Crucial to achieve this
will be learning how to pronounce each letter or
combination of letters, especiall those which don't
exist in your alphabet. Many letters represent the same
sounds as they do in English. Listed below are those
particular to Polish.
Polish Language tips and useful phrases
 Emergency info’s

To call an emergency service using a landline or a public phone, please dial:

999 – Ambulance
998 – Fire Brigade
997 – Police

To call an emergency service using a mobile phone, please dial:

112 - all services

As soon as the call is connected, you will be transferred to the appropriate service. You
may also use this number if you are unsure which of the three emergency numbers (997,
998, 999) should be alerted. You can also contact special rescue services responsible for
lifesaving operations in the mountains and on lakes and waterways:

Mountain rescue service (GOPR) – + 48 601 100 300

Water rescue service (WOPR) – +48 601 100 100
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me:

Natalia Kowalska
E-mail: [email protected]

Enjoy the Krakow!